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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1911)
AmmmmjxjAmxMmmimin'vi wiMMiwiriirwjflTwMiwiit3viytwi a . !o H w; tit w w i I rtf . iwz hss & TKi;. H x I" fcnasBi The Chief C. . BAUD, Pibnnr RID CLOUD NHRASKA PUCkERLE33 PERSIMMONS. Apparently the scientists cannot be provented from robbing ub of all our cherished traditions nnd privileges. After having upset nbout everything cIro In tliu world (hey havo now dis covered a wny of taking tho pucker out of tho persimmon, although why they should havo thought this necus nary no one scorns to know. Tho sci entists clearly nro Interfering with a law of nnluro nnd also robbing llfo of one of Itn Hourccs of Joy. Thcro nro fow moro mlrth-provoklng things In tho world than watching tho uniniti ated attempting to oat n green persim mon. Tho pucker of tho persimmon 'comes from tnnnlc acid nnd wo fall to sco what tlio scientists aro going to accomplish by removing tannin from tho persimmon. One might an well cat n cucumber and bo dono with It. Tho danger In tho discovery Is tho harm jit may do to tho persimmon In tho ilater stngo of Us development. How do the scientists know that nature did not put the tannic ncld Into tho per simmon us one of the olumcnts that, when the frost comes, conspires to mnko the onco puckery nnd uncdlblo persimmon n richer, riper, sweeter morsel than selcnco over smacked Its lips over? In favoring a llbernl appropriation by tho state to pay tho tuition of boys and glrU at colleges already estab lished, rather than to found a new stato university, Governor Fosb advo cates n very sensible policy, says the Boston Globe. If tho state Is to aid deserving young men and young wom en in their efforts to obtain a collcgo education, It would certainly seem wiser, for economical reasons, It for no other reasons, to tako advantage of tho many excellent Insti tutions of tho higher learning already existing In Massachusetts. Tho prob lorn of selecting tho right boya and girls upon whom to bestow free schol arships ought not to be dlfflcult to solvo, for that might bo left to tho Judgment nnd fairness of high school teachers and boards of education In every community, who certainly would have means of knowing whether the scholarships were well bestowed. Neither political "pull" nor other Im proper Influences need enter Into tho decision. . From the effete east comes word of the Intuitive kiss. The Intuitive kiss Is ono which you are sure you are about to got, but you never get It You feel Intuitively that you are to be come a klssco. But you don't, says the 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat The fact that the kiss Is never delivered la what makes tho girls so angry. I There Is a man In Texas who pre fers solid homo comfort to pedigree and prestige. He Is looking for a widow to marry, whose first husband waa banged, so be may be secure from having bis predecessor held up to him as model. For genuine, long-seeing philosophy, this Texan challenges the wisdom of Solomon. Another pretty American heiress Is to marry a foreign nobleman. This hows our young American men are too busy making money to think of other things that the real prises, both In beauty and millions, are being carried off by the leisure class so de spised here. ! That German doctor who predicts that American women will have fewer toes a thousand years hence seems bound to scare the life out of us some way. He now tells us that riding up and down In skyscraper elevators Is shortening life. Well, life would have to be considerably prolonged to enable us to make, many round trips by statr-J way. ' New York aldermen are trying to pass a resolution to prohibit womea from smoking In public places as In (urlous to publlo morals. The practice aimed at Is neither pretty nor ele vating, but as picked out for the sub ject of special legislation In defense of public morals, the proposed ordinance Is distinctly, though unconsciously, hu morous. Indianapolis ministers denounce mo tor racing as being ns vicious as bull fighting. Indianapolis has bad more than Its share of the tragedies of the game. , A Massachusetts preacher who Is under Indictment chargod with hav ing murdered a young woman has quit his pulpit. It seems a natural thing .to do, considering the circumstances. A Callfornlr. poet allowed bis wife .one cent a day. thus cettlng a bad ex ample for K)ds Edison says that he likes America better than Europe. We knew at-wouIA. SgBSCgrai ...raag.., ..iffiaw. ffiQg TR)yM3IM)ILIK yf?npCj4fPeHHlrA1A MBfBtVSBBBBBBBBBBBW Y'i-sMBBBflsBBBBBBBBBBBBBflPBBBBBBBBffEBM S-' mmmmmmmmimmmmmmmmmmmmimmimmmmmmmmmimmmmimnm0immmmmm'mmmmmmmmimm gzzatt cvxrs&sirrrJZiSicR. TFIK Inhabitants of Hammonds poit, N. Y., first hendqunrters of the Hint aero experimental association formed In thin coun try nnd whore Glenn 11. Cur--ties planned nnd developed hlu famous nlr crafts, know Icsb about when local lllflitH are to be made and about things neroplnnu In genernl than do people living at far distances from that charm ing village. And these Inlinblluuts have also a wonderful lack of knowl edge of what Ih being dono today, or what Ih proposed to bo accomplished tomorrow In the workshops. Hum inondsport Is a small place 1,600 or so people a pluco where everybody, ac cording to tho old saying, nhould know everybody elso's business. Tint eo far ns ueroplano affalra are concerned their Ignornnco of and apathy towurd ono of tho greatest of aviators nnd designers living In their midst In almost unbe lievable You seo, It's an old story with these people. Their apathy is only a nat ural consequence, for they have been trenlcd to aeroplnno flights for three years. When tho Aero Experimental association was formed und trial flights were mado every day that tho weather permitted the" people of Ham inondsport turned out as, ono person men, women and children. The Held whore tho trial flights wore mado was located about four miles from tho vil lage nnd when it becamo noised about that a flight was apt to be made Ham mondsport would bo deserted for hours. Sometimes tho peoplo would bo re warded with the sight of an aeroplane flying ten feet or maybe a hundred feet at a distanco of five or six feet from the ground. Once In a great while a machine would go a thousand feet or so. Often it would come to grief. This was in tho first year of tho ex perimentsIn 1007. Faithfully tho peo ple of Hammondsport followed the progress of tho heavler-than-alr ma Chine with their individual eyes. When Mr. Curtlss flew 25 feet 1,000 people applauded and grow almost hysterical and there waB a scramble among the Alexander Graham Bell. small boys to have the honor of carry ing a message to a telegraph offlco which Mr. Curtlss wrote out to bo dis patched to Dr. Bell la Nova Scotia. There were doubting Thomases, of course, but the vast majority of the people of Hammondsport were with Curtlss and tbe other aviators. For Curtlss bad previously demonstrated that he had brains, skill and daring. Hopefully the dally audiences watched. They saw the flights grow and grow 25 feet, 60 feet, 100 feet, 200 feet, 600 feet, 1,000 feet until, on July 31, 1908, Curtlss flew a little over a mile. Telegrams bad been sent to Dr. Bell giving the result of each flight, but none had tbe consequence of this dispatch announcing to him the ''long flight." Up to that time It was the longest public flight made in America. A scientific journal had offered a prize of 11.000 to the first man who would fly one mllo without mishap and this prize Curtlss and bis associates were bound to capture. It had boen agreed that Curtlss would make tbe attempt on July 4, 1908, and It was only the evening before .that tbe distance had been safely negotiated for tho first time! Prior to that day of days, howover, uewspapers had been dovotlng consid erable spaco to the experiments at Hammondsport, and as many as 20 newspaper men were there at ono time. Several of these stayed for one, two and three weeks. Where there were so many reporters there must be some thing doing, thought the public wisely, and so as the fact that they were there becamo known people Journeyed to Hammondsport dally throughout (iisBRu5!JJAfti!IP5wv & bbbbbbbPWv 1ft r , -- , . O W r.i.a radlim of hundreds of miles. The hotels were packed from cellar to garret. Private houses had no trou ble In renting roonw und furnNiIng Ihenln. Tho good people of that village reaped n harvest that year. They havo been reaping ever since, hut less and less ha time goes on. With the Influx nf no many strangers, all come for the Fame purpose, the natives gradual ly caused to become excited thorn- solves In witnessing tho excitement of those strangers. Soon tho Inhabit ants assumed nn nlr something weary- like-sort of u bored, demeanor, as It were. And so It has gone for threu years. It Is a great privilege for the stranger to mingle personally with theso na tives who have actually ridden aero plnncH nnd have had such wonderful experiences In their minds. After listening awhile to these tales the stranger goes to the ncrodiome field. There he finds a half dozen men working nt an aeroplane repairing rents In canvas, testing the engine, re placing ribs. These men are looked upon with awe. You see, thoy make aeroplanes. You watch them from the outside. The aeroplane Is In a bnrn like building with n huge door that slides just like a burn door, and this Is open as the men work. PorhnpB you may. In your engernoHJ, Mop inside to get u better view of what that'fcllow Is doing with the soldering pot, but they don't notice you. They don't even notice you when thoy step on your feet. They havo a very peculiar habit, these men of stepping on your feet. SIuco 190S hundreds and hundreds of flights, varying from 25 feet to sev eral miles, have been made at Ham mondsport, and bo today the native pays little or no attention to flights. If he sees an aeroplane flying ahead of his ho may follow It with his eyes until either he or the machine turns. If he has to turn around to follow Its flight well, he simply wouldn't turn. Aeroplanes to him aro like autonio bllcspn. nroadway to a New Yorker. Throe years ago the native eagerly picked up his dally paper and scanned It for a Hammondsport date line. Now aeroplane news appears not to interest him, Whereas he used to tramp four miles almost daily to the original aerodrome field, now ho sel dom, If ever, goes to the new field located right in the village unless a game of baseball Is to bo played. The diamond is on the aerodrome field. The young men of the village play baseball while Curtlss or some other aviator, is circling over the field, and no crrorB are made through fielder having his eye on the aeroplane. Dick Brown will tell you that once Aviator McCurdy, who some time plays center on a Hammondsport toum, played that position In an aero plane and made four put-outs and two assists out of six chances. Millions of people would deem It a great boon to get Just a glimpse of an aeroplane In flight. Thousands and thousands have gono great distances and spent much money to witness flights, and ho who came back from one nnd told about It to his fellow citizens was looked up t6. Hut the Hammondsport Inhabitant doesn't turn his head. But they're proud of Curtlss. When Curtlss evolved the aeroplane with which he has been so successful he Interested Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, of Bell Telephone fame, who spends largo sums of money for exper iments, but who closes his purse when the experiments havo reached a suc cessful stage und tho matter takes on n commercial aspect. Then tho Aero Expermlentnl association was formed. Tho aeroplane with which Mr. Qur tlss flow down the Hudson to New York, and tho one which he flew last Rummer from Cleveland and return uro practically of the same make ns the June Bug. built In 190S nnd one of the first mado. Tho Immediate surroundings or the uerodromo building, which hout.es the aeroplanes with which Mr. Curtlss broke many records and mado his long est flights, are commonplace enough. A dozen cows roam the fields. With theso cows the story is also old. The noises mado by the engine and whir ring of the propellor no longer cause them to lift their heads. As said be fore, tbe building Itself Is a barn like structure, unpalnted. Weeds grow abundantly. The men go nbout their work of making and repairing aero planes much as do others at digging potatoes wjth no thought, seeming ly, that tbey are engaged In building objects that now hold tbe attention of the whole world. WEST INDIAN BANANA FREAKS Man Long In Fruit Business tends Photograph of Two Remark able Formations. New York. From KingBton, Jamai ca, comes a photograph ..of- banana freaks, sent by W. N. Livingston, who Bays: "In the accompanying plcturo are de pleted two freaks. Ono a monster banana of the Martinique variety, weighing 135 pounds, containing 16 hands, averaging 18 fingers to tho hand, and a freak of the same variety, both known to botonlats as the Musa Snplentum, with 38 lapB or hands weighing 26 pounds, both well matured and cut from the same property. It is tho nost perfect freak that I have seen after nn experlenco of over 25 Banana Freaks. years In tho fruit business. This hap pened just after storm of 1903 that laid waste tho banana cultivations of this iblund. In going through tho fields chopping down tho fallen trees this ono appearri to have been left stand ing, with just the Hmb3 or branches lopped off with the result that the liult shot right through tho open cav ity bearing tho peculiar formation as hhown -in tho accompanying illustra tion on the right." The Jamaica banana predominates tn the markets of the United Stutcs. This prcdominence Is the result of a combination of circumstances and in tention. The banana grown In Jamai ca was not indigenous to that island; or, in other words, It was imported from another part of the tropics to And nourishment and cultivation In Jamaica. The banana so widely known as the Jamaican In the markets of tho United States, was born in Martinique, reared in Jamaica and sent to school in North America. It Is truo that bananas may be induced to grow in Florida, and that Cuba has made commendable, If not always profitable, efforts In the direction of cultivation; but In the Island of Jamai ca, tbe climate, the annual rainfall of 35 Inches, a stable British protector ate assuring the obedience of a suf ficient number of laborers bae made It a success. WORLD'S OLDEST RAIN GUAGE Waa Constructed by Order of Chinese King In the Year 1442. Boston, Mass. The first record of a rain gauge is of .that one which was constructed In the twenty-fourth year or the reign of King Sejo (1442), In China. The king ordered a bronze Chinese Rain Quage. Instrument made to measure the rainfall. It was a vase resting on a stone base and was placed In the ob servatory. Every time It rained he had his servants rneasuro the water In the vase and report to him. Lure to 8hoot In Her Hat. Lchlghton, Pa. Tho luro of the plumage which phe woro In her bon net was responsible for tho fact that Mrs. Robert Ilex has a bullet in her hip. Mrs. Rex and a number of ladles were walking along the Mahoning mountain, near Lchlghton, wearing gaudily feathered fall hats. They chanced to pass a group of boys with a toy rifle, when one of them re marked: "Let's shoot them In the hat." The bullet, however, missed the hats, but struck Mrs. Rex. Gives Causes of wearing. Minneapolis, Minn. A. N. Gilbert son, department of psychology at tbe University of Mlnaesota, says swear a Is resorted to generally by people who are not educated enough to ex press their 'Dasalon-la literary "tyU. a rlfeGENEVIEVES iKkZVsn iso thnr IAMIES g? The Genevieve Who Married Another "Gono vie ve," says James, his deep voice trembling a bit, "Genevlove, I want you very much." "Very well, James," whispered back Genevieve, "and I only wonder how 1 waited us patiently as I did for you to tell me so." James laughed a bit then Just a little, low, plcuBnnt laugh like the tono you get from a viol when you pet It nicely u laugh that exactly matched tho tremble In his volco when ho mild ho wanted Genevlove. Very much, oh, very much, James wanted Genevlevo. For James was growing to man's size and Gen evieve was not a debutante, either. "I supposo I am n slow old fellow," nays James, his ntrong arms about Genevlove, "but you have to take me as I am " "And glnd enough to get you," umothcra Genevieve, her face down on lily thoulder, and both her hands clasped tight about his neck. It wan a good wny up and some distance around, too, because James hud not tho sllmneos of youth, nnd he had al ways been as big as big well, at least lilg enough to take good care of a wife, I can toll you that! "Do you Jhlnk thoy will laugh at us?" ventures Genevlevo out of her seclusion. "Well, do you caro If they do?" croons .TnmcH, to tho top of hor hcud. l"Do you cure If they do7 I'm sure Jt makes no difference at all to me! iWhy, I don't can1 that much " And his Indication ot how much he didn't Jcare made Gcnovleve thrill a bit more nnd snuggle a bit closer, and then de clare, "Yes, but thnt 1b n great deal, Jnmcn!" i "No, It Is only ono! There nro plon- . ty.of others," says Jnmes. "That Is rthe wonder of It to me that thoro jaro going to bo plenty of others!" , Well, those ldots, happy, thrilly, full to the tip-top of their heart's cup v "Genevieve," Says James. of love, were forty years old and maybe a year or two older. Laugh at them do! Giggle and smirk and say, "There's no fool like an old fool!" You ought to be sla'ppcd on tbe wrist. Two people of forty can be the very happiest two people In all this big, wide world. I'm perfectly sure you don't expect tbe wedded Genev ieve and James of forty to be tired uf each other and not to care for any kisses, thank you? Because it you do, you aro simply undermining tbe very foundations of the great American homo. And besides, lb Isn't true. James had once been In love with Genevieve. Away back In those days when he was a slim young and she wbb the sauciest girl he ever saw and the sweetest JaracB bad been very badly In love with Genevieve. But he had been afraid to tell her so, or too slow, or Just careless, or he didn't have enough money or some thing, equally stupid. So ho said never a word to Genevlevo about It. Then It is very likely that he was afraid Genevieve bndn't cared oven a tiny ilt for him. Because Juroes was a modest youth. Yes, there are too fow of them in the world worse luck. Genevlevo will nover toll whether ftbe knew a thing' about It or not tn that old time when she wore little white frocks and pinned applo blos soms under her white chin and looked like a bunch of apple blossomB her self. Genevieve wears little white frocks still on tbe warm summer evenings but no more apple blos somB. Though she will tuck a bunch ot violets Into her bolt or cuddle a big red rose, So Genevieve will never tell wheth er she knew about James. She Just JaugbB and says, "Why, of course, 1 linew doesn't a girl always know when a mm Is In love with her?" Which Is a pleasant fiction, of course. There isn't a word of truth in It. Bat down la the depths of her heart she whispers, "That la an awful story, because if I kai known " f 1 J LBBflBBBBBBA I KNOW ' IjbsbbhJbT LbUALbbbbbbbbt JbbbbbbM sbb'sbbbbbbbbI IN B HELEN HELP So James never said a word to Genevlove and Genevlevo went and married another and was unhappy almost ever after. James, however, did not marry an other. With tho persistence of bis type in following a program, he kept on not telling girls he loved them. And maybe he didftt. Who can toll?' But now, after well, after a ccrtnln number of years, Genevlevo wont back home because sho was a widow and could go back home, or away from home, or to the wilds of tho FIJI Is lands, or to the depths of great cities, and thero was nobody to say her nay. But Genevlevo chose just to go back homo. And back homo was James. James heard that Genevlevo was homo again for a while and ho went to call, that being tho proper thing for old friends to do. Well, there was Genevieve. She wns all alone, but she didn't fret about It. Sho was not so young, but sho was extremely alive nnd when James enmo to think It over as he strolled in tho summer moonlight, eIio wns really much young er. Becauso Genevieve, In hor youth, had been a serious-minded young per son. And now she could laugh nnd laugh and her eyes laughed and crinkled up nt tho corners, and ber hands were apt to grab tho arm ot tho sympathetic bystander and give it a little shnko of pure good fellow ship. Genevieve was quantities more fun, though, maybe, James was not awake to It, than sho had been when she woro the npplo blossoms and dreamed strenuouB dreams. So .Tumes fctrollcd home In the moonlight, tall and ever so good to look at, manhood thrilling in him, firm, white hands dug thoughtfully into his pockets. "I wondor " mused 'James. James kept on calling and strolling home in the moonlight,, and pretty soon ho stoppod wondering and began to hope. He had boen loving for a considerable period. "Genevlevo," said James, his voice thrilling with that viol tono sho loved yes, and I have let the cat out of the hag now, haven't I? Because Genevieve well, Genevlevo waa very glad when James got ready to speak about this. Thoy are happy so happy that they bellevo that nobody ever dreamed a happiness so good as theirs. They are saying nothing about not being not so young b't not because thoy are dodging the issue, In tenderness for each other, ob the storleu whimper about when they tell of middle-aged lovers" middle-aged, In sooth! They simply never think of it at all. They are plenty young enough. Never a debutante in her teens, never a-collegian In his twenties, with his eager, far-away look, are any happier than these two. Thoy say romance Is of youth alone, that old age may havo, perhaps, its dim reflection of the earlier rose, but that forty stnnds as bare to the com monplace as the stripped branches of a tree, waiting midway between the bourgeoning of the summer and tbe glistening diamonds of tbe frost king's crown but don't you ever believe it There Isn't a year In all the years of our lives, there Isn't a minute of all that tinkle In a silvery shower froirrthe tiny clock upon your mantel, that isn't full of romance. Love of youth alone? Oh, very well. But If you really think so, you would better speak to the undertaker and bo quick about It. Because you are dead already. "Genevieve," says James, with that deep note sho loves, "Genevieve." (Copyright, by Anoclated Literary Press.) 'Peasant Had Long Walk. A French peasant the other day found himself tbe hero or villain of a motor adventure, of which he Is likely to say but little. An artist, an advo cate, and a doctor set out from Dijon for Chalon-Bur-Saone. On the way the artist was struck with a stone thrown by the peasant. The car pulled up, and the man, who had taken to flight, was pursued and captured. The motorists did not chastise the offend er, but lifted him Into the motor, de prived him of his money and watcb, coat and vest. They then puton full speed, and did not stop until Ho kilo meters (about 31 miles) bad been cov ered. Then they put down the pea sant, wished blm a pleasant walk home, and Intimated that, possibly, ho would think the walk preferablo to be ing banded over to the police. When asked why be preached In the fields, Mr. Wesley, answered: "For two reasons; first, I was not suffered to preach In the churches; and, second, no parish t church could contain the congregations," It Ib tbo splendid absorption In life that makes one forget tho flight ot time. This Is why God 1b never weary; he is so interested In bis work. Two well-known but unheeded facts; that anxiety Is no baker and bakes no bread, that worry Is no tailor and makes uo clothes. Iva Panln. J fl Ms R3